Linking clauses
I'm half German and so can speak the language fluently.
SINCE
Since I am half German, I can speak the language fluently.
end relationship
break up/split up
Can it be true that you are really going to deliver my sofa today?
Can it be true that I'm____________ this morning?
going to have my sofa delivered
Yet at the same time people _________ seem to assume that the same laws do not apply to themselves
RATIONAL.
IRRATIONALLY
1.Sally's front tooth is very _________, I'm sure it 'll come out soon.
2.Jane has lost so much weight that all her clothes are too_________.
3.The horse got _______from the stable and started trotting towards the road.
loose
The traffic may b heavy on the motorway so lets avoid it.
IN CASE
Let's avoid the motorway in case the traffic is heavy on it.
increase
go up
One of the others agreed to post my letters for me.
I _______________to post my letters for me.
got one of the others
_________, all children are prone to tantrums.
PRACTICE
Practically
2.Several visitor to the castle_________ on the wet floor.
3.The speaker_________ a few references to the local football team into his speech.
slipped
I've never been there, so I can't really comment.
seeing that
Seeing that I 've never been there, I can't really comment.
emit
give off
My dentist is supposed to be capping my two front teeth this morning.
I'm_______________this morning.
supposed too be having my two front teeth capped
Relatively few children are diagnosed as________, when they are constantly restless and unable to concentrate.
ACTIVE
hyperactive
1. The restaurant _____ out of fish quite early on in the evening.
2.The boat______ into the storm when it approached the French coast.
3.Mrs Benson___ the company single-handed after her husband's death.
ran
I turned on the TV and the doorbell rang a moment later.
HARDLY
Hardly had I turned on the TV when a doorbell rang.
accept responsibility
take on
My car really needs servicing.
I really___________ serviced.
need to get/have my car
The well-furnished interiors are ________ traditional in style, with pretty stone-flagged floors.
appealingly
This is the exact ________ where the best scene of the film was shot.
2.The high________ of my trip around India was definitely the trip to Calcutta.
3. hen they felt the first _______ of rain, they gathered the picnic together and rushed inside.
spot
Their failure to implement one item of their Manifesto would suggest that this Government is clearly ineffective,
inasmuch
Inasmuch as they have failed to implement one item of their manifesto, this Government is clearly ineffective.
earn
bring in
Why did you let them going without signing the receipt?
Why didn't you__________ letting them go?
have the receipt signed before
Yet the die-hards continue to flout the law,continuing to drive even when _________.
QUALIFY
disqualified
"I've got to go now but I'll try to ______with you later in the park", said JAke.
2.The organizers agreed to ________ the costs of clearing up after the concert.
3.The company has failed to ________ its targets for the second consecutive year.
meet